Great Balls of Fire.

PADGETT, Ron.

$125.00

Item Number: 129719

Chicago: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

First American edition of the poet’s 1969 collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Shelly a [Great] idea… Gary Cooper Oscar Homosexual” and signed on the title page, “Ron Padgett.” In near fine condition.

"Padgett's volume is a work of wit, crackling and inventive" (Yale Review).